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List of species on Caroline Island

List of species on Caroline Island

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Species recorded on Caroline Island, one of the Line Islands in the south-central Pacific Ocean:

Although it remains unclear whether or not the coconut crab is endangered, Caroline Island hosts a substantial population of the arthropod.

Flora

Trees

Groves of Pisonia grandis cover the central portions of many islets.
Although not native, coconut palms were planted on many of Caroline's islets in the 1920s and earlier, but are now largely gone.

Shrubs

Large stretches of Heliotropium foertherianum shrub cover many of Caroline's islets.

Herbs

Fauna

Nesting seabirds

Caroline Island is a major nesting site for the sooty tern.

Other birds

The bristle-thighed curlew is among the vulnerable species which occasionally visit Caroline Atoll.

Lizards

Six species of lizards, including Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus, have been noted on Caroline Island.

Mammals

Turtles

The green sea turtle is believed to nest on the beaches of Caroline Island.

Crabs

  • Coconut crab (Birgus largo)
  • Red spotted crab (Carpilius maculatus) (Kepler)
  • Scarlet crab (Cornobita perlatus) (Kepler)

Polychaetes

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Short-eared Owl ssp ponapensis - Asio flammeus ponapensis". Observation.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  2. [2]
    P.A. Hutchings, ed. (1984). "Harry A. ten Hove (1984). Towards a phylogeny in serpulids (Annelida; Polychaeta)". Proceedings of the first International Polychaete Conference. Sydney: The Linnean Society of New South Wales. pp. 181–196. ISBN 0-9590535-0-6.

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